11.15.2005

Illustration Friday: Strength

Andrea, even in the midst of the day, when Little Ball of Energy Named Ezra continuously bonks you on your head with his ball (he uses my head as a target, too), you are grace under pressure personified. Strength and beauty throughout the days, the weeks, the months. When I think of Strength, I think of you, dear Andrea.

You are truly among the last of the romantics, man. That was incredibly sweet. Hell, I'd marry ya! ;)I love those elastic arms and the the action in Ezra's arm, not to mention the off-register feel of the color. This is one solid piece of work, m'man. Props!

This is such a really sweet and humorous tribute! I especially like the action of the ball and the calm, patient look on Andrea's face. The warm tones make this feel earthy and grounded...such a nice family illustration:>

I was wishing you were her last night, Ward. I went to a cocktail party where I met none other than THE Irwin Chusid, who compiled and wrote "The Art of Jim Flora"!!! We talked about how we both LOVE Jim's work, and I mentioned you and your admiration as well. I got his contact info, so I plan to send it to you. I told him about your blog and your interest in collecting and writing about retro illustrations. There was also a screening of the documentary on Esquivel!!! You would have LOVED it!!! I kept thinking of you, Steve, Doug, and Primal's aesthetic!

Oops...I meant to say "I was wishing you were HERE last night" in the beginning of my last comment.

Anyway, you and Chusid need to have an email conversation sometime. You guys are into the same stuff.

Ask him about Flora. He told me he had to convince the Flora family NOT to put their dad's work on E-bay! Can you believe it? They took Irwin to a storage space where all of Jim's drawings were kept. One of Jim's daughters hates her dad so much, she said she wanted to set fire to the storage unit! Luckily, Irwin convinced the family they were sitting on a goldmine, and persuaded them to allow him to compile Jim's unpublished pieces in a book!

beautiful image, very touching and wonderfully executed. the strong yet soft rosy colors of your wife with the oversized encircled arms holding her yellow "ball of energy" boy and giving him the bemused mom look is very well thought out. beautiful.